The Producers is about to open on Broadway staring Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock and Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom.
The $10.5 million show already has 13$ million in advance ticket salesMel Brooks, wrote the songs.
Brooks wrote and directed the 1968 film of the same name, for which he won an Oscar for best original screenplay.
The musical already has gotten rave reviews in Chicago, but Brooks admits he wants accolades in New York.

"It sounds crass and crude, but it's true. ... You wanna kill 'em on Broadway," he says. "That's the Great White Way. That's the dream of every little BrooklynJewish kid who ever thought about show business."

Nathan Lane, “The Producers”
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In the end the musical play "The Producers" won twelve Tony awards. That is the most Tony awards ever awarded to one show. They included awards for best musical show, best performance by an actor in a musical, best dancing and best directing.